Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study says
Friday, 29 July 2016, 14:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania. The study found that asthma...
Fracking may worsen asthma for nearby residents, study says
Friday, 29 July 2016, 14:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
Fracking may worsen asthma in children and adults who live near sites where the oil and gas drilling method is used, according to an 8-year study in Pennsylvania. The study found that asthma...
New technique opens window into how brain cells communicate
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 14:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
The brain's nerve cells communicate by firing messages to each other through junctions called synapses, and problems with those connections are linked to disorders like Alzheimer's and epilepsy. Now...
New kidneys 40 years apart show transplant progress, hurdles
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 14:26
Last update: about 9 years ago
Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit only when suited up against germs. That transplant lasted a...
Q&A: Superbug precursor found in US again
Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 14:21
Last update: about 9 years ago
New York City patient was infected with bacteria that had a special type of resistance to antibiotics last year, the earliest known case in the U.S. of bacteria that could lead to a superbug...
Digest this: heavy people may die up to 3 years early
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Being too heavy may cost you your life - literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and that moderately obese people die up to three years prematurely. Doctors...
Global AIDS conference exposes South Africa's dramatic turn
Saturday, 23 July 2016, 16:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
The first time the world came to South Africa for a conference on AIDS, the country's leader shocked attendees by questioning whether HIV really caused the disease. President Thabo Mbeki then...
Having stomach troubles? Try swallowing an origami robot
Friday, 22 July 2016, 16:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
Has your child swallowed a small battery? In the future, a tiny robot made from pig gut could capture it and expel it. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are designing an...
How does Zika spread? Utah infection raises new questions
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 16:28
Last update: about 9 years ago
Health officials are trying to unravel how a relative may have picked up a Zika infection from a Utah man who died. The tropical virus rarely spreads from person to person, not like the flu or...
Crash deaths far worse in US than other affluent countries
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 16:27
Last update: about 9 years ago
Traffic deaths are down, but a new report shows fatalities on the road are still a bigger problem in the United States than in other affluent countries. The U.S. had by far the highest fatality...